##Constantizable

By CodeBrahma.

Constantizable is a rails plugin which gives you an elegant way to query constant tables and inquire constant table objects.

# Let's say you have a model Country which stores the names of
# all the countries in the world, and a User model which belongs_to
# a country.

user = User.all.sample

# without constantizable
user.update(:country => Country.find_by_name("India"))
user.country.name == "India" #Hard code that shit!

# with constantizable
user.update(:country => Country.india) # Dynammic country name method
user.country.india? # Dynammic Inquiry

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##Getting Started

Add it to your Gemfile with:

gem 'constantizable'

In each of your constant table models, specify the attribute that needs to be constantized.

class Country < ActiveRecord::Base
  constantize_column :name
  # you can also constantize multiple columns as follows
  # constantize_column :name, :code
  # preference will be given to the first column
end

That's it.

Country.united_states_of_america # <Country id: 3, name: "United States Of America", code: "USA">
Country.usa # returns same as above
Country.united_states_of_america.usa? # returns true, [get by name, check using code]
Country.india.india? # returns true

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